2015

Preparation and characterization of activated montmorillonite clay supported 11-molybdo-vanado-phosphoric acid for cyclohexene oxidation. RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 6853-6863. 

Catalytic performance and deactivation of sulfonated hydrothermal carbon in the esterification of fatty acids. Comparison with sulfonic solids of different nature. J. Catal., 2015, 324, 107-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.12.032 

Impact of sulfonated hydrothermal carbon texture and surface chemistry on its catalytic performance in esterification reaction.  Catal. Today, 2015, 249, 153-160. DOI:10.1016/j.cattod.2014.10.008 

Biobased catalyst in biorefinery processes: sulphonated hydrothermal carbon for glycerol esterification .  Catal. Sci. Technol., 2015, 5, 2897-2903. DOI: 10.1039/C5CY00059A 

Multifunctional Catalysis Promoted by Solvent Effects: Ti-MCM-41 for Epoxidation-Rearrangement-Oxidative Decarboxylation One-pot Four-step Reaction Sequence on Stilbenes and Styrenes. ACS Catal., 2015, 5, 3552-3561. DOI: 10.1021/cs501671a 

Catalytic activity of copper-bis(oxazoline) grafted on mesoporous silica in enantioselective cyclopropanation . React. Kinet. Mech. Catal., 2015, 116, 119-130. DOI: 10.1007/s11144-015-0872-x 

Improved methodology for non-covalent immobilization of tert-butyl-azabis(oxazoline)-copper complex on Al-MCM41 . Appl. Catal. A, 2015, 502, 166-173. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2015.06.005 

Modified Ta/MCM-41 catalysts for enantioselective oxidation of thioanisole . J. Mol. Catal. A, 2015, 410, 140-148. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2015.09.017 

Ecotoxicity Studies of Glycerol Ethers in Vibrio Fischeri: Checking the Environmental Impact of Glycerol-Derived Solvents. Green Chem. 2015, 17, 4326–4333. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5GC00857C

Microwaves-promoted solventless Heck−Mizoroki reactions catalysed by Pd nanoparticles supported on laponite clay. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 10102–10109.

Influence of Polarity and Activation Energy in Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis (MAOS). ChemistryOpen 2015, 4, 308–317. DOI: 10.1002/open.201402123

An Extremely Highly Recoverable Clay-Supported Pd Nanoparticle Catalyst for Solvent-Free Heck–Mizoroki Reactions. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 59983–59990. DOI: 10.1039/C5RA10191C

Polytopic bis(oxazoline)-based ligands for recoverable catalytic systems applied to the enantioselective Henry reaction. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 9314–9322.

2014

A theoretical study on the BF3-catalyzed Meinwald rearrangement reaction. J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 5993–5999.

New insights into the strength and accessibility of acid sites of sulfonated hydrothermal carbon. Carbon, 2014, 77, 1157-1167.

Electrostatic immobilization of bis(oxazoline)-copper complexes on mesoporous crystalline materials: Cation exchange vs. incipient wetness methods. Appl. Catal. A, 2014, 485, 67–73. 

Pd nanoparticles immobilized in [bmim][PF6] supported on laponite clay as highly recyclable catalysts for the Mizoroki−Heck reaction. Appl. Catal. A. 2014, 472, 21–28.

Polytopic bis(oxazoline) based ligands for the development of recoverable catalytic systems applied to the cyclopropanation reaction. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 1531–1540.

The Issue of ‘Molecular Radiators’ in Microwave-Assisted Reactions. Computational Calculations in Ring Closing Metathesis (RCM). Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 2436–2445.

Asymmetric cyclopropanation in Ionic Liquids promoted by dicopper complexes of ditopic ligands. Tetrahedron:Asymmetry 2014, 25, 833–837.

2013

Integration of Heterogeneous Catalysts into Complex Synthetic Routes: Sequential vs One-Pot Reactions in a (Knoevenagel + Mukaiyama-Michael + Hydrogenation + Transesterification) Sequence. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013, 3, 436-443.

CuO/SiO2 as a simple, effective and recoverable catalyst for alkylation of indole derivatives with diazo compounds. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 4327-4332.

Stereochemical outcome of copper-catalyzed C–H insertion reactions. An experimental and theoretical study-. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 5851-5857.

Carbenoid insertions into benzylic C-H bonds with heterogeneous copper catalysts. Tetrahedron, 2013, 69, 7360-7364.

Support effect on stereoselectivities of vinylogous Mukaiyama-Michael reactions catalyzed by immobilized chiral copper complexes. ACS Catal., 2013, 3, 2710-2718.

V/MCM-41 as catalyst for asymmetric and non-asymmetric oxidation of methyl phenyl sulfide. J. Chem. Res., 2013, 37, 766-773.

AraBOX and XyliBOX based catalysts for cyclopropanations, Diels Alder cycloadditions and allylic additions. Tetrahedron:Asymmetry 2013, 24, 750–757.

Quantitative structure-property relationships prediction of some physico–chemical properties of glycerol based solvents. Green Chem. 2013, 15, 2283–2293.

Study on the Influence of a Sustainable Medium for the Design of Multistep Processes: Three-Component Synthesis of 2-Nitroamines. Synlett 2013, 24, 2596-2600.

2012

Heterogeneous Catalysis for Tandem Mukaiyama-Michael and Hydrogenation Reactions: One-pot vs Sequential Processes. ACS Catal., 2012, 2, 56-64.

The formation of a hydrothermal carbon coating on graphite microfiber felts for using as structured acid catalyst. Carbon, 2012, 50, 1363-1372.

Deactivation of sulfonated hydrothermal carbons in the presence of alcohols: evidences for sulfonic esters formation. J. Catal. 2012, 289, 73-79.

Structure and Dynamics of [bmim][PF6] Phases on Silica and Laponite Clay: from Liquid to Solid Behavior. Langmuir 2012, 28, 11364–11375.

Evaluation of Several Catalytic Systems for the Epoxidation of Methyl Oleate Using H2O2 as Oxidant. Catal. Today 2012, 195, 76–82. 

Glycerol Ketals: Synthesis and Profits in Biodiesel Blends. Fuel 2012, 94, 614–616.

A Highly Efficient, Green and Recoverable Catalytic System for the Epoxidation of Fatty Esters and Biodiesel with H2O2. Appl. Catal. A-Gen. 2012, 425, 91–96. 

A reusable enantioselective catalytic system for the Kharasch–Sosnovsky allylic oxidation of alkenes based on a ditopic azabis(oxazoline) ligand. Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 3417–3422.

DFT-Studies on Cobalt-Catalyzed Cyclotrimerization Reactions. Mechanism and Origin of Reaction Improvement under Microwave Irradiation. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 6217–6224.

Multiphase enantioselective Kharasch–Sosnovsky allylic oxidation based on neoteric solvents and copper complexes of ditopic ligands. Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 8285–8289.

Bis(oxazoline)-based coordination polymers: A recoverable system for enantioselective Henry reactions. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 5525–5532.

Predicting the Enantioselectivity of Copper-catalyzed Cyclopropanation of Alkenes using Quantitative Quadrant-Diagram Representations of the Catalysts. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 14026–14036.

2011

Reversible Insertion of Aldehydes and Ketones into Csp3_H Bonds of Chiral Bis(oxazoline)/Iridium Complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3240-3243.

Efficiency enhancement of copper-pyridineoxazoline catalysts through immobilization and process design. Green Chem. 2011, 13, 983-990.

Scope and Limitations of One-pot Multistep Reactions with Heterogeneous Catalysts: The Case of Alkene Epoxidation Coupled to Epoxide Ring-Opening. Catal. Today 2011, 173, 15-20.

Heterogeneous catalysts for carbene insertion reactions. J. Catal. 2011, 281, 273-278.

Tridentate chiral NPN ligands based on bis(oxazolines) and their use in Pd-catalyzed enantioselective allylic substitution in molecular and ionic liquids. Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 5402-5408.

Enantioselective C-H carbene insertions with homogeneous and immobilized copper complexes. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 6075-6081.

Synthesis and reactivity of 5-methylenehydantoins. Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 8639-8647.

Fatty Acid Derivatives and Their Use as CFPP Additives in Biodiesel. Bioresource Technol. 2011, 102, 2590–2594. 

Epoxidation of cyclooctene and cyclohexene with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by bis[3,5–bis(trifluoromethyl)–diphenyl] diselenide: Recyclable catalytic phases through the use of glycerol–derived solvents. J. Mol. Catal. A 2011, 334, 83–88.

Can enantioselectivity be computed in enthalpic barrierless reactions? The case of Cu(I)-catalyzed cyclopropanation of alkenes. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 529–539.

Accurate Calculation of Chemical Shifts in Highly Dynamic H2@C60 through an Integrated Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Dynamics Scheme. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 2528–2531.

Green Solvents Derived from Glycerol Modified Classical Regioselectivity in the Enzymatic Synthesis of Disaccharides with Biolacta β-Galactosidase. Green Chem. 2011, 13, 2810–2817.

Polytopic oxazoline-based chiral ligands for cyclopropanation reactions: a new strategy to prepare highly recyclable catalysts. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 2691–2700.

Improved synthesis of disaccharides with E. coli beta-galactosidase using bio-solvents derived from glycerol. Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 7708–7712.